Game 7 & Other Dick-Punch Losses

A lot of my views are pretty in line with Glassman's but I wouldn't say quite that harsh. I don't think the game was fixed nor do I think Stern benefited in any way with one team winning or losing. Had this happened in Game 6 to get us to a Game 7 then I would be a bit more on board.

My thing is this... through 3 quarters of the game last night the two teams were allowed to bang. Dave says it perfectly when he mentions the amount of free throws attempted by each side. The sudden urge to call a tight game in the 4th quarter was ridiculous. As a matter of fact, I told Nagle before Game 7 that if the game is called tight the Lakers would win in a rout whereas if the teams were allowed to play it would be much more beneficial to the Celtics (which it was).

Basically had refs called the entire game the way they called the 4th quarter the Lakers would have won by 25 points.

I could make up my own analogy about this situation, but I heard Tony Massarotti say it perfectly this afternoon. This is equivalent to watching a baseball game where through the first 7 innings the strike zone was very big, but then at the end of the game the ump decides, ok, I'm taking over, and shrinking it down to nothing. You just don't see that, why would you see that?

I have absolutely no problems with the Lakers beating the Celtics legitimately, and they may have anyways if the refs swallowed the whistles. But.... we'll never know, and it's a god damn shame.

So now where does this rank in dick-punch losses for New England teams in recent memory..... I got it ranked #4....

Ladies and Gentlemen, your top 3 brutal losses (in reverse order).

#3. 2006 AFC Championship Game. Colts 38 - Pats 34

Patriots beating the Colts 21-3 then the Colts offense goes bananas in the second half, there are a few rotten PI's, Tom Brady & Troy Brown doesn't convert a game clinching 3rd down, Reggie Wayne fumbles right to himself, then Brady ends the game with a pick. To make matters worse douche bag Peyton Manning won the Super Bowl two weeks later and held up what should have been Brady's fourth trophy.

#2. 2007 Super Bowl. Giants 17 - Pats 14

To this day I would honestly say I think about this game a few times a week. It will haunt me until the day that I die that the Patriots didn't cap off their historic amazing season. Finally a team with the balls to go for perfection (unlike the pussy Colts - how'd that work out Pollian?) then losing it in the final 90 seconds of the Super Bowl cuz some 5th string WR caught a desperation quacker off the side of his helmet. Historically this is the worst loss in my lifetime since history was on the line. However.....

#1. 2003 ALCS Game 7. Yankees 6 - Red Sox 5

The only game to make me cry like a little girl. Absolutely agonizing defeat when all we knew as Red Sox fans was 85 years of this very same crap.

So in conclusion Celtics fans.... well I don't really know where I am going with this, but now I'm going to go pop in the 2001 Patriots America's Game DVD... I need to cheer myself up.